Questions of Travel

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Questions of Travel is a 1965 poetry collection by Elizabeth Bishop that explores themes of travel, place, and perception through her characteristically precise and observant verse.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Elizabeth Bishop NERFINISHED
containsPoem Arrival at Santos NERFINISHED
Brazil, January 1, 1502
Electrical Storm NERFINISHED
In the Village NERFINISHED
Manuelzinho NERFINISHED
Questions of Travel (poem) NERFINISHED
Song for the Rainy Season NERFINISHED
The Armadillo NERFINISHED
The Burglar of Babylon NERFINISHED
The Gentleman of Shalott NERFINISHED
The Riverman NERFINISHED
The Shampoo NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
followsWork Poems: North & South—A Cold Spring NERFINISHED
genre poetry
hasForm formal verse
free verse
lyric poetry
narrative poetry
hasTheme displacement
exile
foreignness
identity
landscape
memory
observation
perception
place
travel
influencedBy Elizabeth Bishop's experiences in Brazil
Elizabeth Bishop's travels NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement Modernist poetry
partOfAuthorPeriod Elizabeth Bishop's middle period NERFINISHED
precedesWork Geography III NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1965
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
settingIncludes Brazil NERFINISHED
Nova Scotia NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
studiedIn American literature courses
poetry seminars
styleCharacteristic formal control
ironic tone
narrative elements
observant detail
precise imagery

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Elizabeth Bishop notableWork Questions of Travel